Quote from: Zebulon Pike on April 22, 2013, 10:23:37 PM

I think the biggest thing in this entire thread is that we (as a community, I mean) need to find a way to repay people taking the time and putting in the effort to do useful things such as what dooglus does (but more generally too) without it being sponsored by the company itself (which has the problem of creating an affiliation). Any ideas?

Frankly, I don't think that there is a huge problem with affiliation, as long as we know it. For instance, Dooglus revealing that he was in some way compensated for providing a service makes me think of him as an independent contractor. He doesn't actually work directly for SatoshiDice, and his compensation/livelihood isn't tied directly to them, so given that he has been transparent, I have no reason to think that he is posting false information to make them look better than they are.

I mean, if we were really worried about his being influenced by the financial side of things, his approximately 10,000 shares would be far more of an issue.

We can certainly tip him, and others who provide services (preferably through something like the Reddit tipbot), but there is also nothing wrong with people being compensated by the companies that they benefit.
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I.... don't think thats a very big issue at all in this community. Most memebers have an address you can send btc to..and if they don't I'm sure they'd be happy to provide you with one if you asked. Obviously you're wanting something that's a paralell to the reddit tipbot ...But that serves a useful service on reddit because it can be sent to any memeber without them needing to know about bitcoin. It's a great tipping / marketing tool. bitcointalk is not filled with people who don't know what bitcoin is.

I do agree with the comment that affiliation isn't a big problem... Anyone should be able to say what they like in this forum, regardless of thier personal interests...If they are acting malevolently by stirriring up FUD or just disinformation then that might just catch up to them and tarnish their reputations. (Not saying this with you in mind at all dooglus fyi, just a commentary) let people decern information from what is written by others themselves.

(sorry dooglus to have infered a possible deal with you and SD, it wasn't my aim to try prying information like that, it was that I thought you'd be the most deserving of money from them...Considering you're infinitely more active on their securities posting while those owning and empoyed by SD are nowhere to be seen.

I just wanted to bring this back on target though, because it seems to have been lead on a slight tangent.

So what's the deal with ~~airline food~~ satoshi dice? It's been a good week with no official comment from any staff and still feels like it's being run into the ground. It's just appauling to see so much mismanagment such a potential filled prospect.